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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1978
Page
13
An expert notes that eight-legged arachnids, described as ticks, may infest areas this year. With their biology and appetite for blood, residents and pet owners face increased risk of bites and exposure, prompting precautions.
Police logged 11 vehicle window break-ins and three storefront attacks between 11 30 p m Saturday and dawn Sunday. Targets included Bunnell's Pharmacy Yankee Road Lamark Discount Drugs and Servomation Corp along Baltimore Street Yankee Fourth 11th 14th 15th avenues Wildwood Road Tullis Drive Jewell and Scott. One victim awoke to his windshield shattering while a truck at Jewell and Scott had lights blown. Police also report a Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co truck damaged and an extinguisher used to break more windows. The spree prompted security light damage and multiple property losses.
In Loveland a river search found no evidence of a youngster drowning after a boy reportedly fell from a railroad trestle Saturday around 2 p.m. The swift current halted diving, dragging to start later. no missing person report filed. Police noted the body could have washed downstream but banks to Branch Hill showed nothing.
Rep. Thomas N. Kindness of Hamilton disclosed 2889 in income outside his congressional pay for late 1977. Most came from dividends on stock jointly held with his wife, plus 650 from speeches to the U S Chamber of Commerce and Brookings Institute. He listed 2017 in stock dividends, including 1182 from Potomac Electric Power Co, and 100 from Vulcan Inc. His wife held 5000 to 15000 in Vulcan and more in other holdings. He noted 222 in savings interest and no large gifts or transactions. His wife reported over 1000 from a fashion consulting business.
A late Saturday blaze at the Palm Grill located at 915 Eighth Ave caused $12,500 damage to the building and contents. Fire officials said the fire started in a wall housing wiring for a neon sign and smoldered before exploding into the attic and roof, where it was contained by crews.
City commissioners will consider an ordinance creating an administrative assistant to the water and wastewater treatment plant superintendent at tomorrow's 6 pm meeting in City Building. A hearing on Verity Parkway recreational slide was canceled. An ordinance banning pinball machines in businesses is on the agenda.
Marlin of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors will address the Middletown East Kiwanis at 6 30 p m tomorrow. The Holiday Inn at Interstate 75 and Ohio 122 hosts a talk on clockmaking during the American Revolution with a slide show.
Mrs. Gerald P. Enright and family searched Towne Mall for son David after he wandered away from the family looking at hanging plants. A security guard sent them to the toy shop, then the record shop where David finally sat with five Walt Disney albums he chose. He later cried, fearing he would lose his treasure, but the clerk explained such items must be paid for. David remembered he had missed one record and knew payment was required.
County commissioners consider a zoning change petition filed by a local developer. Shawnee Culbertson reports the Hamilton hearing addresses land use, potential impacts, and next steps in the process.
Police and fire crews suspect arson after a Sunday morning fire destroyed a Dyne Construction Co. trailer on Miami Conservancy District land near 3600 N Verity Parkway. The blaze caused about 4000 in damage. mud footprints linked to a prior incident with broken windows nearby. Context notes include zoning talks for Valley View Mall on Cincinnati-Dayton Road with plans for 65,000 to 75,000 square feet of retail and a restaurant.
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